Lifestyle Issues and Prevention of Recurrent UTIs

Recurrent UTIs (RUTIs) are mostly caused by frequent sexualintercourse, heterosexual lack of circumcision receptive analintercourse (without a condom), multiple sexual partners(each sex partner shares his/her UGT microbiota with theother), use of spermicide and a new sexual partner, sexualintercourse with addicted partners, sexual intercourse withsex workers, sexual intercourse with online dating friends,sexual intercourse with a new sex partner within less than2 months [9-20]. Traditional lifestyle factors such as fluidintake and diet are not considered independent risk factorsnow [15]. UTIs account for nearly 25% of all infections [16].Sexual intercourse ≥3 times/week was associated with greaterfrequency of UTI [21]. Close proximity of the urethral meatusto the anus and shorter urethra, is a likely factor [22-26].